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Morgan Stanley Securities Ld(EPT)16 January 2008 AMENDMENT TO ANNOUNCEMENT 7919L RELEASED AT 11:04 ON 15 JANUARY 2008 DEALINGS BY CONNECTED EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADERS WITH RECOGNISED INTERMEDIARY STATUS DEALING IN A CLIENT-SERVING CAPACITY (Rule 38.5(a) of the Takeover Code) 1. KEY INFORMATION Name of exempt principal trader Morgan Stanley Securities Limited Company dealt in BHP Billiton Plc Class of relevant security to which the Ordinary Sharesdealings being disclosed relate (Note 1) Date of dealing 14 January 2008 2. DEALINGS (Note 2) (a) Purchases and sales Total number of securities purchased Highest price paid (Note 3) GBP Lowest price paid (Note 3) GBP 1,405,806 15.6000 14.9600 Total number of securities sold Highest price received (Note 3) GBP Lowest price received (Note 3) GBP 1,694,558 15.6100 14.9600 (b) Derivatives transactions (other than options) Product name, Long/short (Note 4) Number of securities (Note 5) Price per unit (Note 3) GBP e.g. CFDCFD SHORT 344,597 15.1300CFD SHORT 171,931 15.4858CFD SHORT 105,804 15.4858CFD SHORT 49,483 15.5400CFD LONG 135,000 15.0450CFD LONG 19,800 15.0549CFD LONG 62,800 15.0549CFD LONG 17,400 15.0549CFD LONG 8,700 15.0904CFD LONG 31,400 15.0904CFD LONG 9,900 15.0904CFD LONG 116,000 15.1496CFD LONG 84,000 15.1496CFD LONG 335,000 15.2953CFD LONG 18,500 15.3813CFD LONG 17,000 15.4351CFD LONG 86,636 15.4971CFD LONG 320,000 15.5167CFD LONG 42,000 15.5207CFD LONG 58,000 15.5207CFD LONG 758 15.5313CFD LONG 273 15.5496CFD LONG 2,223 15.5496CFD SHORT 758 14.9626CFD SHORT 4,000 15.0314CFD SHORT 25,600 15.0392CFD SHORT 44,524 15.0547CFD SHORT 224,000 15.1387CFD SHORT 34,153 15.2387CFD SHORT 1,000 15.2861CFD SHORT 300 15.2861CFD SHORT 600 15.2861CFD SHORT 9,433 15.3573CFD SHORT 1,159 15.3573CFD SHORT 1,753 15.4454CFD SHORT 3,445 15.4454CFD SHORT 150,000 15.5023CFD SHORT 10,617 15.5023CFD LONG 1,522 15.1024CFD SHORT 19,636 15.6011CFD SHORT 1,964 15.6011 (c) Options transactions in respect of existing securities (i) Writing, selling, purchasing or varying Product name, Writing, selling, Number of securities Exercise Type, e.g. Expiry Option money purchasing, to which the option American,e.g. call option varying etc. relates (Note 5) price European etc. date paid/received per unit (Note 3) CALL OPTION SELLING 400,000 15.0000 AMERICAN 18/01/2008 0.3300 (ii) Exercising Product name, e.g. call option Number of securities Exercise price per unit (Note 3) N/A N/A N/A 3. OTHER INFORMATION Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to options or derivatives Full details of any agreement, arrangement or understanding between the person disclosing and any other person relatingto the voting rights of any relevant securities under any option referred to on this form or relating to the votingrights or future acquisition or disposal of any relevant securities to which any derivative referred to on this form isreferenced. If none, this should be stated. NONE Date of disclosure 16 January 2008 Contact name Zafrhan Fahmy Telephone number 020 7677 1871 Name of offeree/offeror with which connected Rio Tinto PlcNature of connection (Note 6) Advisor Notes The Notes on Form 38.5(a) can be viewed on the Takeover Panel's website atwww.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
BHP Group